SOCL 2001 Lecture : SOCL 2001 Gremillion Final Notes
Document Summary
Culture of poverty the poor adopt certain practices, which differ from middle-class, mainstream society, to adapt and survive. Swapping: exchange time, money, etc. to cover temporary shortfalls: underclass. The poor are not only different, but increasingly deviant, even dangerous. Rewards that simulate counterproductive behavior respond to perverse incentives of welfare. William j lius wilson: deemphasized welfare, said urban poverty caused by, deindustrialization. The act of ending the production of foods/goods. The country moved from a production economy to a service economy: globalization. As markets opened up, so did laws. Production moved to other countries with lower wages, etc: suburbanization: moving to get a job, becomes to expensive, then moves to outside of city, discrimination. Parenting stress hypothesis: stress of poverty leads to detrimental practices (shouting, hitting) Personal characteristics that cause poverty also cause negative parenting. 1960s programs for education, job training and placement, housing as a part of its war on.
